diff --git a/packaging/debian/compat b/packaging/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/packaging/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index b22efd7..5d20188 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ Section:        net
 Priority:       optional
 Maintainer:     malamute Developers <zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org>
 Standards-Version: 4.0.1.0
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-    pkg-config,
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+    pkgconf | pkg-config,
     libzmq3-dev,
     libczmq-dev,
-    systemd,
+    systemd-dev | systemd,
     dh-python <!nopython>,
     python3-all-dev <!nopython>, python3-cffi <!nopython>, python3-setuptools <!nopython>,
-    asciidoc-base | asciidoc, xmlto,
-    dh-autoreconf
+    asciidoc-base <!nodoc>, xmlto <!nodoc>,
 
 Package: libmlm1
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/packaging/debian/malamute.dsc b/packaging/debian/malamute.dsc
index 0bf8dd1..2232522 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/malamute.dsc
+++ b/packaging/debian/malamute.dsc
@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ Source: malamute
 Version: 1.2.0-0.1
 Maintainer: malamute Developers <zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org>
 Architecture: any
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
-    pkg-config,
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+    pkgconf | pkg-config,
     libzmq3-dev,
     libczmq-dev,
-    systemd,
+    systemd-dev | systemd,
     dh-python <!nopython>,
     python3-all-dev <!nopython>, python3-cffi <!nopython>, python3-setuptools <!nopython>,
-    asciidoc-base | asciidoc, xmlto,
-    dh-autoreconf
+    asciidoc-base <!nodoc>, xmlto <!nodoc>,
 
 Files:
  7697688bf65a35bc33ae2db51ebb0e3b 818110 malamute.tar.gz
diff --git a/packaging/debian/rules b/packaging/debian/rules
index 01bb0d1..dbef77f 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/rules
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ override_dh_auto_test:
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \
 		--with-systemd-units \
+		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \
 		--with-docs=$(DOCS) \
 		--enable-drafts=$(DRAFTS)
 
 %:
 	dh $@ \
-		--with systemd \
 		$(WITH_PYTHON) \
 		--parallel \
 		--with autoreconf
diff --git a/packaging/obs/_service b/packaging/obs/_service
index f3bf66d..5e78a96 100644
--- a/packaging/obs/_service
+++ b/packaging/obs/_service
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
     <param name="files">*/packaging/debian/changelog</param>
     <param name="outfilename">debian.changelog</param>
   </service>
-  <service name="extract_file" mode="buildtime">
-    <param name="archive">*.tar</param>
-    <param name="files">*/packaging/debian/compat</param>
-    <param name="outfilename">debian.compat</param>
-  </service>
   <service name="extract_file" mode="buildtime">
     <param name="archive">*.tar</param>
     <param name="files">*/packaging/debian/control</param>